Last Year's Excellent Movies
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
May 3, 2017 11:50am CST
Many of last year's Oscar nominated movies are available on Netflix, but only on discs. I am glad that I kept that option, since we have been able to watch a few of them and have more on the way.
We saw Best Picture winner "Moonlight," and I can see why it won. Great acting, but we actually liked "Lion " even better, with Dev Patel and based on the true story of a little Indian boy who wandered onto a train and was lost, for 25 years, adopted into a loving family as a child and eventually finds his birth mother.
"Manchester by the Sea" (Casey Affleck, Best Actor) was great too, but the traumatized character he played was not endearing.
We have "La La Land" ready to watch tonight, with "Hidden Figures" and "Fences" on the way soon.
They have lots of old movies on discs to. I have "The Comedians" (1967) with Richard Burton and Liz Taylor ordered too, having just read the book.
We much prefer movies to TV shows, but are also watching Season 3 of the great Amazon original series "Bosch," from Michael Connolly's novels.
Movies at home are a great deal too. Do you watch more TV than movies?
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 May 17
Same here Anna. I missed that old movie and just read the Graham Greene novel for the first time. I think that those two are perfectly cast for the parts. It is set in Haiti when the dictator, Papa Doc, ruled that poor country.
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@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
3 May 17
@JamesHxstatic Oh, this sounds interesting. Haiti is a very poor country and they seem not to find the right leader to get them out of their poverty.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 May 17
@LadyDuck You might really enjoy that short novel too.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 May 17
I find them much more entertaining.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
3 May 17
Not me - but the kids and Hubby watch it all 
. We do have Netflix, but we also go to the library to borrow DVDs - a lot of libraries have great DVD collections now! And Hubby likes to collect his certain favorites. We do watch some TV on certain nights . . . the kids have their favorite reality TV shows .
. We do have Netflix, but we also go to the library to borrow DVDs - a lot of libraries have great DVD collections now! And Hubby likes to collect his certain favorites. We do watch some TV on certain nights . . . the kids have their favorite reality TV shows .3 people like this
@april_ang (578)
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3 May 17
all the oscar winners are amazing.. yes, Lion and Manchester by the sea bring lots of tears, no wonder they won the award.
Mostly I watch movies on theater if I had chances and doing tv shows marathon on my laptop, which I like so much..
I don't really like to watch tv..
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 May 17
We are looking forward to watching it. Those others I mentioned are really good too.
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@Marilynda1225 (91076)
• United States
3 May 17
I have Netflix and we usually watch movies on the weekends. I see they have some pretty good new ones in the lineup. This weekend we'll probably watch la la land
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@jillybean1222 (6406)
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9 May 17
i have so many i want to watch... still need to see lala land and lion and hidden figures and fences... all i want to see.
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@jillybean1222 (6406)
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9 May 17
@JamesHxstatic it's wonderful. i'm sad that it will end soon. it's like a little retreat every weekend. loving the time. then comes the scary time: trying to find a job teaching!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 May 17
@jillybean1222 I am sure that you will do well and get hired quickly. I have been away from yoga for months now and need to get back to it.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 May 17
I know that time is at a premium for you. How is the yoga training doing?
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 May 17
My husband and I just watched "La La Land" and "Lion" this week, and enjoyed them both. Another movie we enjoyed, and it surprised us, was "Passengers." We haven't seen "Hidden Figures," yet, but hope to see that one soon.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 May 17
We saw La La Land last night and it was pretty good, but not up to best picture standards I thought, so am glad it did not win.
Passengers does sound interesting too.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 May 17
@JamesHxstatic - "Lion" was an outstanding story.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 May 17
I think it is my favorite so far.
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@teamfreak16 (43586)
• Denver, Colorado
7 May 17
We don't even have a TV right now. But we watch TV more, even though we do check movies out from the library a lot.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
9 May 17
Have watched Lion, Manchester,La La Land and Hidden Figures.
Enjoyed Hidden Figures and Lion the most though the others were good too
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 May 17
I am anxious to see Hidden Figures and Lion was great.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
9 May 17
@JamesHxstatic I think you'll like it.last Sunday watched Fantastic Beasts and where to find them.
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
3 May 17
I usually watch more movies than TV too.
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@TheInvisibleMan (17594)
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3 May 17
The selection of the last Oscar was spectacular!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
7 May 17
Sometimes I watch a movie that is on everyone's lips online.As a whole,I prefer TV shows to movies.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 May 17
we blend, but mostly through amazon or netflix, not having any cable or channels aside from HBO
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